The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-14
McFARLAND'S CASE.
Opening of the Prosecution at Ma
chias resterday-TheT Testimony.
Especial to the PREss.l


MAcHIAs, Jan. 13.-In the Supreme Judi
cial Court, Clayton E. Plummer pleaded
guilty to five indictments Of breaking and
entering and larceny.
Mcfarland was arraigned in answer to an
indictment charging him with feloniously
harboring and assisting to escape Calvin p.
Graves, the murderer Of L. 0. Hill. The
counsel for defendant are Jasper Hutchings
of Bangor and Judge Dutton of Ellsworth.
The county attorney asked the Court for as
sistance, and the counsel for the defendant
objected on the ground that any one who as
sisted would have to be paid by private par
ties Judge Rounds, however, offered to as
sist without compensation.
The county attorney opened the case for
the government and narrated the circum-
stances of the murder as they have already
been given.
The McReavy boy was then put upon the
stand and told the story of the shooting sub
stantially the same as he did at the prelimi-
nary examination.
The testimony Of Thomas McReavy was as
follows: Live at WhitneyyiIle; am the IA
ther Of Ira; was at Fletcher Brook House
Nov Sth; l first saw one man near the cor
ner OF the house hunting for something; he
seemed nervous and in hurry; then saw
another one in an express wagon fastening
something to the team; he jumped off when
he saw me, hurried to meet me and said,
'This is hard looking sight," l said,
"What is ?" he said, 'These men :" looked,
but saw no men, and said, ''What men?
xvh bo of..fo b H. - h.
bodies of the men which he had come past
to meet me; stepped up to the first, but did
not recognize him he was so covered in
blood; / went to the other and knew him;
Graves said they are deer wardens; I said,
l know this man, he is one-armed soldier
good God what did you shoot him for?
Graves said he had to or he would have shot
him; / said, no he wouldn't. he wouldn't
shoot anybody; Mcfarland came up and
said, yes he would, he told that man, point
ing to Niles, to shoot the dog; if he had to
shoot both of us; Graves said, pointing to
Nile, that man cooked his gun and pointed it
at my breast.
Cross-examination- did tell the man
when Graves said he was going to give him
self up, to go along, that / would see to the
bodies; the men went of toward the Air
Line road, which is u miles off by way of
the turnpike.
Raymond c. Wilson deposed: Had heard
Graves say, 'If any man attempted to take
or kill my dog he will have to shoot me-"
Howard Fletcher lives in No. 8, Hancock
calnty, Before light the morning after the
murder, two men, with team, came to his
house; knew one to he Calvin P. Graves; a
dog was with them. Fletcher agreed to de-
liver the team to John M. Hale in Ellsworth,
and did so; had no. heard of the murder;
heard of it the same afternoon; Graves
agreed with Hutchings to keep the dog;
Graves said he was going to hunt ducks; he
disappeared in the woods; have not seen
him since.
Sheriff Fields of Ellsworth, said he arrest
ed Mcfarland at his (McFarlands) house
the Sunday evening following the murder
Monday; was in the house with deputy;
Mrs. Mcfarland opened a door to small
room and Mcfarland came out, saying,
Fields, surrender to you;" we started at
once, and on Monday morning committed
him to Machias Jail; Mcfarland made no
disclosures on the road; said nothing Of
Graves; did not say that he knew where
Graves was going; had cold night on the
road to Machias; Mcfarland sometimes
walked up the long hills to relieve the horse.
The defence mainly goes to show that Nc
Farland was not an accomplice 1t is thought
the case will be given to the jury tomorrow.